This inscription records that on the
orders of the prince Alagan perumal Ativiraraman, a certain
Urudaiya-mudali alias Virapandi Sudikkodutta-mudali, the
madapattiyam (manager) of the temple of the god Tiruvalaivayudaiyar
of Madaikulattukkil Madurai in Madurai udaiya-valanadu, was appointed as
the temple accountant of the temple of the god Viruapandisvara of the
place (name not mentioned), and he was given the right to enjoy (kaniyatchi)
of the land one ma in extent in Mudivilangupandyan-kulapparru in Solaiseri
in Anmarai-nadu, that went with the appointment.

This inscription is also in Tamil and
Grantha characters. It refers to the king as Viravenbamalaiyan.

It states that in former days a certain
Sankaran, the brother of (Nagutti Kolangidevan) of Nagapasattur was
granted land as berigai-kani and that it was resumed by the king, and
that on request from Alagan-Perumal Ativira reman, the land in
Kilapparakkiramanallur in Tenkasi in Tennari-nadu, which was previously
held by him, was re-granted to him. It is stated that the servant would
get also a house-site in the same place and also a share in the temple
offerings, as well as other attendant gifts.

This inscription records that certain
tax-incomers from the village Visvanatanallur were given as sarvamanya
by the king to provide for the festival on the days when Bharani fell in
the month of Chittirai, of the god Visvanathar and for the abhisheks of
the goddess Ulagammai, of Tenkasi in Tennari-nadu and that royal
servants collected them by mistake, and that therefore the priests
struck work. On knowing this the king ordered not only the return of the
tax-amounts collected, to the temple but also re-granted the village
Visvanathanallur for the same festival and abhisheka as sarvamanya.
Besides, several other grants were also announced by the king. They are
the remission of the kanikkai in the central shrine of the god, the
cessation of the payment of panam being the share money due to Senkottai
from Visvananallur, the remission of the amounts due on account of the
temple-accountant, the Mahanavami-birthdays, and the kanam, the
house-tax and the tax on Pal of the village, etc.

No. 549

(Page No 373)

(A. R. No. 519 of
1909.)

Tenkasi, Tenkasi
Taluk, Tirunelveli District Same place.

Arikesari
Parakrama-pandyan: 1463 A. D.

This inscription, in Tamil verses, records
that the ruler, called Parakramakkaiytavan, Manakavachan, Korkaivendan,
Arikesari, Vindaippor-kadandapandyan and Ponnin Perumal, finished the
stone work of the gopura at Tenkasi within 6 years (of. No. 536 above)
and died.

January 7. The day in the month f Makara
was 11 and the Saka year was expired.

This inscription is also in Tamil and
Grantha characters.

It records the sale of house-sites and
gardens for a sum of 200 anradu valangum Nenmeni Kaliyugaramapanam, by
the Bhattas of Puliyur Parakkira mapandi-chaturvedimangalam in
Tennari-nadu, to the temple of the god Kulasekaramudaiyanayinar of
Kulasekaranallur in the same nadu. Several bhattas (names given) had
affixed their signatures.

It states that the king’s birth star was
Punarvvasu, and that he built the temple for, and consecrated the images
therein of, the god Kulasekharanathan and the goddess
Kulalvaymolingai-nayaki in Kulasekharanallur to the east of Dakshinakasi,
on the northern bank of the Chitranadi in Tennari-nadu. It also states
that the images of the Parivara deities were consecrated also there and
provided for their worship offerings and festivals. It further states
that in the months of Masi and Avani when festival in the temple of the
god Visvanatha took place, the images of the god Kulasekharanatha and
his consort were brought and kept there. To provide for the worship and
offerings to the latter on these occasions, a sum of 360 panam at one
panam a day was required annually. The king, therefore, made a gift of
the village Sundarapandya-pererikulam for this purpose.

This inscription records the appointment
to the post of Madapattiyam in the temple of Vikramapandisvaram of place
(name not mentioned) to a certain Battar Alagar, a Kaikkolar of the
temple of the god Chintamani nadan of Vasudevanallur in Ariya-nadu, made
by the ruler. It also records the grant made by him, to the same temple
official, of two ma of land as mada pattiyak-kanakku kaniyatchi. Of the
two ma of land, one ma is stated to be situated in Solaiserip-parru in
Anma-nadu. It is stated that this gift is to be enjoyed hereditarily.